Sometimes subverted in that the seemingly Genre Blind character turns out to be hinting that he does know the truth. If neither the characters nor the audience know about the secret, but find out later, it's Foreshadowing.

This is sometimes expressed as "You have no idea" or something along those lines.

Examples

In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kyousuke, who doesn't know about Magical Girls, says it would take magic or some kind of miracle to heal his paralysed hand. Which, thanks to Sayaka, is exactly what happens.

The song "I'll Make a Man Out of You" in Mulan has the line, "Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?" The commander thinks he's turning boys into men, but of course, with Mulan the starting point is a bit different! Though ironically, she becomes much a more capable soldier than her comrades in arms.

Films — Live-Action

Daredevil has a scene where Elektra sarcastically asks Matt, "Are you blind?" She apologises profusely when he tells her that, yes, he is.

Strange Days: When Lenny asks Mace whether she knows what it's like to love someone who doesn't love you back, she responds this way.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet: George Stickel is trying to explain to Bessie that her husband, Henry, is still alive, but can't tell her the truth: that Henry has turned into a fish.

George: You can't see him. You wouldn't want to.

Bessie: I do want to. How can you say a thing like that? Why can't I see him?

George: It's impossible. His work for the Navy is top-secret. Just be happy with his paycheck. Don't even mention his name to anyone.

In Dragon Bones, someone tells Oreg, who looks like seventeen, to "respect his elders" or something to that effect. Oreg, actuallyanimmortal being, who is at that point undercover as cousin of the Hurog family, grins. To be fair, the one he was allegedly impolite towards is older than he looks, too ... but not quite as old as Oreg.

In Tithe, Kaye's grandmother says during an argument, "You think that it's enough to want things. You think that if you just want and want then you're just going to magically get them." Kaye, who's just found out she's a pixie, doesn't know whether to wince or smirk at the word "magically".

A Song of Ice and Fire: A prostitute tries to seduce Gendry by claiming that she is King Robert's bastard daughter and points to her sharing Robert's trademark raven black hair as evidence. Arya makes fun of her claims by pointing that Gendry himself has the same hair, so that does not mean much. What none of them knows is that Gendry is actually King Robert's bastard, and that owing to Robert's compulsive womanizing the prostitute is most likely right. Fortunately, Gendry is not in the mood.

Similarly, in Supernatural, a woman is talking to Sam about her baby, Rosie. She says, "It's almost like she can read my mind." Since Rosie is one of the Special Children, she presumably can.

Comes up a lot in Slings and Arrows. One notable scene is in Season 3, when Geoffrey's therapist places an empty chair before him and tells him to envision Oliver sitting there and to talk to him. When Geoffrey opens his eyes, Oliver's ghost IS there (audible and visible only to Geoffrey) and they proceed to have a screaming argument, while the therapist marvels at Geoffrey's ability to engage in the therapeutic exercise.

One episode of CSI: New York opens with Mac and Stella talking about someone from a previous case who Mac's worried about when an eyeball falls in Stella's coffee ( carried by a bird which was feeding on the corpse of the Victim of the Week.). At the end of the episode, Mac's speaking to said person;

Girl: Have you heard the latest rumour? Apparently a woman was drinking a coffee when an eyeball fell in it!

In Arrested Development, this is done several times with Buster and Oscar Bluth, who is secretly Buster's real father.

Dexter is very fond of this. Characters often unintentionally say things that seem to be hinting at Dexter's dark nature, of which they are completely ignorant.

Played for Drama in Game of Thrones. Queen Cersei swears to her brother Tyrion that one day he'll love someone dearly and she will take her away to spite him, in vengeance for marrying her daughter off to a foreign prince to keep her safe from the impending war. She ignores that that already happened to Tyrion when his fiancée was taken years ago from him, just with their father being the one who did it. Always classy, Tyrion gives her the Death Glare and leaves without saying a word.

Kaamelott: Arthur is seeing a woman who doesn't know he's the king. Eventually he falls asleep when his father-in-law turns up.

Tegeirian: The king needs him, right? Léodagan (surprised): What do you mean, "the king needs him"? Tegeirian: Well I don't know, I don't know what he does... But dressed like that, I can tell he's a noble! Léodagan: He... He didn't tell you that... Tegeirian: That what? Léodagan: And you're telling me that you two are... Tegeirian: Well, it's... it's starting, in any case. Léodagan: Well it seems to me that if I was... what he is, I'd say it. In this kind of situation, it could put quite a few things on the fast track.

At the end of Ghost Trick, Lynne grabs Sissel the cat and says "I bet you're just like me. Your destiny led you here somehow too". In this timeline, she doesn't know the whole lot of things Sissel did for her, and that she only exists like that because of his efforts. She thinks he's just the stray kitten from ten years ago, while he and Jowd remember everything.

Jason: "Lately I've been seeing a couple of weird-looking guys in goofy clothes wandering around, although I haven't seen them in a while. There've even been rumors that people spotted demons lurking around the inn a few days ago. Crazy stuff, huh Snake?"

Noob: La Quête légendaire: The webseries that preceded the movie establised Abraham was a Nun Too Holy priest, but the info came from his Man Child son Sparadrap, while the story is set in a country in which priests are supposed to stay celibate. Abraham makes his debut in the movie and reveals to the audience that there is more to him than Sparadrap knows while chatting with his younger but more aware son, and the secret is something that was so far hidden for a very, very good in-universe reason. During this occasion, Abraham spends time with Sparadrap and his friends, and keeps the "just a priest who happens to have children, nothing else to see" act for the sake of keeping the secret. Abraham eventually leaves and one of Sparadrap's female friends, who apparently didn't fully believe Abraham was a priest until meeting him, comments on how she's creeped out by the idea of Abraham being a priest. Sparadrap's brother happens to be present when she makes the remark and can't help letting the words "If only you knew." escape his mouth.

In Teen Titans, in the episode "Homecoming, Part 1", the Titans meet the Doom Patrol. The Doom Patrol expresses skepticism about the competency of the Titans to combat the Brotherhood of Evil, saying something along the lines of "We've been fighting this great evil our whole lives. What have you done?" One of the Titans—having just come from defeating a trans-dimensional demon who pretty much destroyed the world by showing up—responds, "You have no idea."

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